1981 Texas Longhorns football team
1981 Texas Longhorns football | |
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Cotton Bowl Classic champion | |
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 14–12 vs. Alabama | |
Conference | Southwest Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 4 |
AP | No. 2 |
1981 record | 10–1–1 (6–1–1 SWC) |
Head coach | Fred Akers (5th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Ron Toman (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Leon Fuller (5th season) |
Home stadium |
Texas Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 77,809) |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 SMU $ | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Texas | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rice | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baylor | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1981 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Longhorns finished the regular season with a 9–1–1 record and defeated Alabama in the 1982 Cotton Bowl Classic.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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September 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Rice | No. 8 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 31–3 | 68,497 | |||
September 19 | 7:00 p.m. | North Texas State* | No. 6 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 23–10 | 58,638 | |||
September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 14 Miami (FL)* | No. 4 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 14–7 | 74,653 | |||
October 10 | 11:30 a.m. | vs. No. 10 Oklahoma* | No. 3 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) | ABC | W 34–14 | 75,587 | ||
October 17 | 2:30 p.m. | at Arkansas | No. 1 | Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR (rivalry) | ABC | L 11–42 | 44,031 | ||
October 24 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 8 SMU | No. 10 | Texas Stadium • Irving, TX | W 9–7 | 60,777 | |||
October 31 | 1:00 p.m. | Texas Tech | No. 6 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 26–9 | 56,439 | |||
November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | at Houston | No. 5 | Houston Astrodome • Houston, TX (rivalry) | T 14–14 | 52,589 | |||
November 14 | 1:00 p.m. | TCU | No. 10 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) | W 31–15 | 60,038 | |||
November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Baylor | No. 8 | Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX | W 34–12 | 72,806 | |||
November 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M | No. 7 | Kyle Field • College Station, TX (rivalry) | CBS | W 21–13 | 71,731 | ||
January 1, 1982 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 3 Alabama* | No. 2 | Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) | CBS | W 14–12 | 73,243 | ||
*Non-conference game. |
Game summaries
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References
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